If like me you follow genealogy content on social media, you probably saw this post pop up from National Records of Scotland, the...

The BBC show "A House Through Time" has sparked interest in researching the life of a property alongside traditional family history...

One of the most enjoyable assignments of the Genealogical Studies Diploma at Strathclyde University was the house history etude. This...

There's no getting away from the fact that the internet has transformed the way we live our everyday lives and in many cases, has made...

A few months ago, I worked with a lovely lady from Ohio in the United States. Her grandmother had grown up in Dunbartonshire in the early...

Although genealogy is mostly fun, interesting and engaging, there are frustrations involved with researching family history too. You'll...

(or William the Conqueror, Charlemagne or Genghis Khan) If you're in the UK and a fan of genealogy, you'll probably have been watching...

The easy part of genealogy is tracing the basics of birth, marriage and death, and looking for people on census returns. This gives you...

This year has involved me working hard on my Master's dissertation, which has now been submitted and is awaiting grading. Fingers...

An estimated 40 million people across the world have Scottish roots. This is hardly surprising, given that in the 19th century an...

One of the cool things about being a Glasgow-based researcher is that you come across all sorts of stories about people who used Glasgow...

The 100 year rule is standard when it comes to release of genealogical records here in the UK. This is all about protecting the privacy...

Our ancestors had a very different attitude to juvenile crime. In Scotland, until 1932 the age of criminal responsibility was just 7. In...

Kilmardinny House is a familiar local landmark, but I knew little about this grand house and its owners apart from the most recent, a...

We've all heard the statistics about the millions of young men who lost their lives in 20th century conflicts, and the nation comes to a...

Sometimes when we're researching a family it's easy to get bogged down in names and dates, and forget other ways to add context into a...

I've been volunteering in my local Oxfam shop for about 5 years, and enjoy it very much. Part of the joy of sorting donations is finding...

No hobby is completely free of charge and genealogy is certainly no exception As a beginner, the temptation is often to sign up for one...

If you're serious about researching your family's history, then before long you're going to want to delve deeper than the records someone...

A picture tells a thousand words, so the old saying goes. That's certainly true with old photographs which you might have in the family....